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10/05/24

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Originally posted by Tarvold: ↑

Yes it seems like the people pushing nuclear power really don't know a great deal about it doesn't it?

Just a very simple thing like the employee costs would be considerably higher per employee with nuclear vs wind.
Can you imagine the penalty rates that someone working inside a nuclear powder station in Australia?
That on top of paying for the specialist skills that currently don't exist in Australia.

There is an insane level of security around nuclear power stations due to potential terrorist attacks, it's not just simply security guards walking the perimeter fences with dogs. As you say wind turbines are in farmers fields with cows, zero security.

Anyone who thinks nuclear power stations are low maintenance again have no idea what they are talking about, they are monitored onsite 24/7 for a start.
Nuclear power stations use turbines these have to be serviced & maintained.
Fuel rods have to replaced periodically & these then have to shipped overseas for processing before being returned to their final storage location,

Moving anything containing nuclear material is extremely expensive, not only for safety reasons but also security reasons. Again due to terrorist threats plus environmental protests etc.

Nuclear power stations have an operating life of 20-40 years, wind turbines it's 30 years.
Hardly a huge difference, however the decommissioning costs for for a nuclear power station is approx $300m - $400m USD & takes approximately 20-30 years to decommission a nuclear power station.
20 years to set up, run for 20-40 years & then 20-30 years to decommission.
That doesn't sound very cheap nor prone to cost over runs does it?!

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“Nuclear power stations have an operating life of 20-40 years, wind turbines it's 30 years.”

Turns out you don’t have a clue either…

Current generation nuclear has an average lifespan of 40-60 years
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